Stefan Breitenstein

12.3k citations

114 papers · 8.0k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 35

Impact in

Hepatology top 0.2%
- Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis
- Liver Disease and Transplantation
Oncology top 0.5%
- Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research
- Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments

Papers in

Hepatology 31
- Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis 21
- Liver Disease and Transplantation 11
Surgery 71
- Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes 16
- Minimally Invasive Surgical Techniques 11

Co-authors: Severin Gloor Christoph A. Binkert Eliane Angst Franc Hetzer Kai Oliver Jensen Milo A. Puhan Pierre-Alain Clavien Pierre–Alain Clavien
Journals: Annals of Surgery (13 papers)HPB (6 papers)Langenbeck s Archives of Surgery (5 papers)World Journal of Surgery (5 papers)British journal of surgery (5 papers)
Partner nations: Switzerland United States Germany

In The Last Decade

Stefan Breitenstein

110 papers receiving 7.9k citations

Hit Papers

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Acute Abdomen: A Rare Case of Ruptured Hepatocellular Carcinoma 2017 · 3.6k citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2017 Case Reports in Gastroenterology
2014 The Lancet Oncology

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network

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1	Definition of the Surgical Case Complexity in the Treatment of Soft Tissue Tumors of the Extremities and Trunk Cancers ·Ida Ayu Kade Patni Kartini, Mario F. Scaglioni, Pietro Giovanoli, Stefan Breitenstein, Kong Lingqing, Bruno Fuchs, (unknown)	2022	11
2	Prehabilitation in patients undergoing colorectal surgery fails to confer reduction in overall morbidity: results of a single-center, blinded, randomized controlled trial Langenbeck s Archives of Surgery ·Severin Gloor, Gopikishan, Cornelia Frei-Lanter, 伊藤洋昭, 吉田寿夫, Petra Dimmers, Katharine C. Richards, J L Flume, A. Wasilewski, E J Foster, David Gisi, N. Greco, P. L. Hower, Markus Wirz, Dimitri Aristotle Raptis, Christoph Tschuor, Stefan Breitenstein	2022	29
3	Appendectomy in Switzerland: how is it done? Updates in Surgery ·Taylor Jacob, Christoph Tschuor, Stefan Breitenstein, Raphael N. Vuille‐dit‐Bille, Christopher Soll	2019	15
4	Serum albumin, total bilirubin, and patient age are independent confounders of hepatobiliary-phase gadoxetate parenchymal liver enhancement European Radiology ·Simon Matoori, Johannes M. Froehlich, Stefan Breitenstein, Michèle Aquien, Carolin Reischauer, Orpheus Kolokythas, Dow‐Mu Koh, Andreas Gutzeit	2019	13
5	Robot-assisted single-site compared with laparoscopic single-incision cholecystectomy for benign gallbladder disease: results of a single-blinded randomized controlled trial HPB ·Lukasz F. Grochola, Christopher Soll, Néstor Fernando Arévalo, A. Wasilewski, 伊藤洋昭, Stefan Breitenstein	2018	2
6	Robot-assisted versus laparoscopic single-incision cholecystectomy: results of a randomized controlled trial Surgical Endoscopy ·Lukasz F. Grochola, Christopher Soll, Néstor Fernando Arévalo, A. Wasilewski, 伊藤洋昭, Stefan Breitenstein	2018	46
7	CD44 SNPrs187115: A Novel Biomarker Signature that Predicts Survival in Resectable Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma Clinical Cancer Research ·Giovanni Stracquadanio, Bart Vrugt, Renata Flury, Peter Schraml, Peter Würl, Thomas Müller, Uwe Knippschild, Doris Henne‐Bruns, Stefan Breitenstein, Pierre–Alain Clavien, Rolf Graf, Gareth L. Bond, Lukasz F. Grochola	2016	7
8	Long-term results of endoscopic balloon dilation for treatment of colorectal anastomotic stenosis Surgical Endoscopy ·Yujie Cui, Michel Adamina, Res Jost, Stefan Breitenstein, Christopher Soll	2016	29
9	Recommendations for management of patients with neuroendocrine liver metastases The Lancet Oncology ·Andrea Frilling, Irvin M. Modlin, Mark Kidd, Christopher Russell, Stefan Breitenstein, Riad Salem, Dik J. Kwekkeboom, Wan-Yee Lau, Catherine Klersy, Valérie Vilgrain, Brian R Davidson, Mark Siegler, Martyn Caplin, Enrico Solcia, Richard L. Schilsky Hit paper breakdown →	2014	349
10	Klinische Ernährung in der Chirurgie : S3-Leitlinie der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Ernährungsmedizin e. V. (Leitlinien) Chirurg ·Arved Weimann, Stefan Breitenstein, 仁志瀬戸, Sabine Gabor, Stefan Holland‐Cunz, M. Kemen, Alois Lang, Nada Rayes, Ying-wen Xu, P. Rittler, W. Schwenk, M. Senkal	2014	3
11	Laparoscopic versus open pancreas resection for pancreatic neuroendocrine tumours: a systematic review and meta-analysis HPB ·Panagiotis Drymousis, Dimitri A. Raptis, Duncan Spalding, Laureano Fernández‐Cruz, 赵志昌, Stefan Breitenstein, Brian R Davidson, Andrea Frilling	2014	72
12	Transplantation and Surgical Strategies in Patients With Neuroendocrine Liver Metastases: Protocol of Four Systematic Reviews SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·张国擎, Ercília Sousa, Amina Sayeb Belhassen, Christoph Tschuor, Përparim Limani, Dimitri A. Raptis, Milo A. Puhan, Stefan Breitenstein	2013	7
13	Correlation between therapy response assessment using FDG PET/CT and histopathologic tumor regression grade in hepatic metastasis of colorectal carcinoma after neoadjuvant therapy Annals of Nuclear Medicine ·Irene A. Burger, Esther I. Schwarz, Andrei Šamarin, Stefan Breitenstein, Achim Weber, Thomas F. Hany	2012	14
14	A Multicenter Randomized Clinical Trial of Primary Anastomosis or Hartmann's Procedure for Perforated Left Colonic Diverticulitis With Purulent or Fecal Peritonitis Annals of Surgery ·Christian E. Oberkofler, Andreas Rickenbacher, Dimitri Aristotle Raptis, Kuno Lehmann, Peter Villiger, Christian Buchli, Felix Grieder, Hans Gelpke, M Decurtins, Adrien A. Tempia‐Caliera, Nicolas Demartines, Dieter Hahnloser, Pierre–Alain Clavien, Stefan Breitenstein	2012	226
15	Diagnostic accuracy of whole-body MRI/DWI image fusion for detection of malignant tumours: a comparison with PET/CT European Radiology ·Michael A. Fischer, Daniel Nanz, Thomas F. Hany, Caecilia S. Reiner, Paul Stolzmann, Olivio F. Donati, Stefan Breitenstein, Paul M. Schneider, Dominik Weishaupt, Gustav K. von Schulthess, Hans Scheffel	2010	44
16	Novel and Simple Preoperative Score Predicting Complications After Liver Resection in Noncirrhotic Patients Annals of Surgery ·Stefan Breitenstein, Michelle L. DeOliveira, Dimitri Aristotle Raptis, Ksenija Slankamenac, Patryk Kambakamba, Harshada Chavan, Pierre–Alain Clavien	2010	96
17	Diagnostic Performance and Accuracy of 3-D Spoiled Gradient-Dual-Echo MRI With Water- and Fat-Signal Separation in Liver-Fat Quantification Investigative Radiology ·Michael A. Fischer, Daniel Nanz, Caecilia S. Reiner, Matteo Montani, Stefan Breitenstein, Sebastian Leschka, Hatem Alkadhi, Paul Stolzmann, Borut Marinček, Hans Scheffel	2010	36
18	Infectious Port Complications Are More Frequent in Younger Patients with Hematologic Malignancies than in Solid Tumor Patients Oncology ·Panagiotis Samaras, Stefan Dold, Julia Braun, Peter Kestenholz, Stefan Breitenstein, Alexander Imhof, Christoph Renner, Frank Stenner, Bernhard C. Pestalozzi	2008	56
19	A Randomized Controlled Trial on Pharmacological Preconditioning in Liver Surgery Using a Volatile Anesthetic Annals of Surgery ·Beatrice Beck‐Schimmer, Stefan Breitenstein, Yungduk Kim, 梁佳兴, Ilyin Ilya, Milo A. Puhan, Wolfram Jochum, Donat R. Spahn, Rolf Graf, Pierre-Alain Clavien	2008	179
20	Laparoscopic Partial Splenectomy Journal of the American College of Surgeons ·Stefan Breitenstein, Thomas Scholz, Markus Schäfer, M Decurtins, Pierre–Alain Clavien	2006	19

About Stefan Breitenstein

Stefan Breitenstein is a scholar working on Hepatology, Surgery, Emergency Medicine, Oncology and Developmental Neuroscience, having authored 114 papers that have together received 8.0k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis (21 papers), Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research (18 papers), Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes (16 papers), Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment (13 papers), Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management (12 papers), Minimally Invasive Surgical Techniques (11 papers), Liver Disease and Transplantation (11 papers) and Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders (11 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Hepatology (2.0k citations), Oncology (2.7k citations), Surgery (3.8k citations), Otorhinolaryngology (249 citations) and Epidemiology (1.9k citations). Stefan Breitenstein has collaborated with scholars based in Switzerland, United States and Germany. Frequent co-authors include Severin Gloor, Christoph A. Binkert, Eliane Angst, Franc Hetzer, Kai Oliver Jensen, Milo A. Puhan, Pierre-Alain Clavien, Pierre–Alain Clavien, Rolf Graf and Ksenija Slankamenac. Their work appears in journals such as Annals of Surgery, HPB, Langenbeck s Archives of Surgery, World Journal of Surgery and British journal of surgery.

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